MUMMY

I. noun (plural mummies) Etymology: Middle English mummie powdered parts of a mummified body used as a drug, from Anglo-French mumie, from Medieval Latin mumia ~, powdered ~, from Arabic mūmiya bitumen, ~, from Persian mūm wax Date: 1615 1. a body embalmed or treated for burial with preservatives in the manner of the ancient Egyptians, a body unusually well preserved, one resembling a ~, see: mommy